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By para_sight, on  October 19th, 2011  31 comments  Education, Invertebrate Wars, Opinion, Weird  jellyfish, sea jellies, Sea Stars, starfish, the pointlessness of trying to mandate common names 
Staring into one of the aquarium’s exhibits “I like these new Mastigias jellyfish”, I said, absently. “Sea jelly”, my colleague corrected (with a certain smugness, I might add). “I beg your pardon?” I replied. “Sea jelly. They’re sea jellies now.” “Oh, are they?” “Yes, like sea stars.” “I’m sorry?” “Sea stars.” “Jellyfish are like sea . . . → Read More: On common names
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 18th, 2011 4 comments Adaptations, Invertebrate Wars Flower Hat Jelly, Jellies, jellyfish, NEAQ, New England Aquarium, Olindias formosa Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq’s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there to learn more! Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq’s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there to learn more! By Dr Bik, on June 14th, 2011 One comment Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Invertebrate Wars, Microbes, Uncategorized Bacteria, climate change, human impact, jellyfish, Microbes Mufasa was right. We’re all intertwined. Whether we humans like to admit it or not, every action by a living organism on Earth has repercussions. (And yes, you can lump in viruses and prions because I’m not getting into a philosophical debate about what constitutes ‘living’). Run, Harry! You don't want to catch Irukandji syndrome!!! . . . → Read More: The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)
From the MBARI YouTube page: By all accounts, jellyfish are creatures that kill people, eat microbes, grow to tens of meters, filter phytoplankton, take over ecosystems, and live forever. Because of the immense diversity of gelatinous plankton, jelly-like creatures can individually have each of these properties. However this way of looking at them both . . . → Read More: There’s No Such Thing as a Jellyfish
By Dr. M, on October 31st, 2010 4 comments Biodiversity, Critters, Life Science giants, jellyfish, Stygiomedusa Although first collected in 1901 and scientifically described in 1910, the giant jellyfish, Stygiomedusa gigantea, is rarely collected or seen. It is likely one of the largest invertebrate predators currently in the ocean. Current size estimates put the bell diameter around 0.5-0.75 meters and the tentacles at about ~10 meters in length. via YouTube – Rare Monster Jellyfish Caught on Tape. . . . → Read More: Rare Giant Jellyfish Caught on Video
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 23rd, 2010 7 comments Adaptations Best of Zelnio, Cyanea, Hydra, jellyfish, Lion's Mane, nematocyst, Tentacle Photo from Dan Herschman's Flickr Stream (Click on Image). A link from one of readers (thanks Ashley!) pointed us to a story on MSNBC about a very large Lion’s Mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) that broke apart and stung up to 100 people on a New Hampshire beach last Wednesday. Lion’s Manes can get very big, . . . → Read More: Jellyfish: Pretty from a Distance
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 21st, 2010 4 comments Biodiversity, Bringin' It Examiner, holothurian, jellyfish, Oil Spill, Sea Cucumber Do I really need to point out the error here? At least they got it down to Kingdom correctly… Click on the image to go to the original article. UPDATE: The critter is a pelagic sea cucumber, phylum Echinodermata, genus Enypniastes which is #20 on our list The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species. I can’t . . . → Read More: Examiner Taxonomy FAIL
By Kevin Zelnio, on May 26th, 2010 4 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Scientist! jelly, jellyfish, KQED, PBS A fantastic KQED QUEST video on jellies starring Chad Widmer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Steve Haddock of MBARI! QUEST on KQED Public Media. A fantastic KQED QUEST video on jellies starring Chad Widmer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Steve Haddock of MBARI! QUEST on KQED Public . . . → Read More: “Jellies Are As Elegant As They Are Squishy”
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 24th, 2010 One comment Biodiversity, Fish, New Research, New Species, Paleobiology 6-Gill Shark, Anatomy, Bathykorus bouilloni, Cnidaria, fossil, Hydrozoa, jelly, jellyfish, Ostracod, Raskoff, shark, The Tide Pool KAZ – A new occasional series modeled from Ed Yong’s Pocket Science where I will briefly report a few cool studies and tell you why I think they are cool! ———————————- Bathykorus bouilloni, new species. Kevin Raskoff from Monterey Peninsula College (where I got my start in science!) describes a new genus and species of . . . → Read More: The Tide Pool: New Jelly, Misplaced 6-Gill, Old Ostracods
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 10th, 2010 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Zooplankton comb jelly, jelly, jellyfish Drifters of the deep from Eugenia Loli-Queru on Vimeo. Hat tip to Penguin Wanderings. Drifters of the deep from Eugenia Loli-Queru on Vimeo. Hat tip to Penguin Wanderings. |
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